“Youth sports-related injuriesrepresent a major public health challenge,and overuse injuries,which result from repetitive microtraumaand insufficient rest,​are a particular and growing concern.Overuse injuries...can lead to lifelong disabilities,and are almost entirely preventable.”

New paper: "League and state policies that restrict how often school sports programs allow children to engage in repetitive, risky sports techniques may reduce overuse injuries. They may also contribute to resetting adult expectations" @prof_goldberghttps://t.co/WpDZB3atbX

UCF Policy"Academic and professional excellencecan exist only when each memberof our community is assuredan atmosphere of safetyand mutual respect.All members of the university community are responsible for​the maintenance of an environmentin which people are free to learn and work without fear of discrimination, discriminatory harassment,​or interpersonal violence."

"When a football coach claims to know better,you ought to wonderwhat else to question him about.Especially at public schools --where coaches' salariesare paid by taxpayers,and where in 31 states,a college football coach is the highest-paid state employee --there must be more accountability."

​"Some people with frontal lobe injuriesseem completely normal...but they actuallyhave great difficultywith everyday tasks....This is called the frontal lobe paradoxbecause, even thoughthese people seemunimpaired...they have significant difficultiesin everyday life."

“If you visualize the players' brains stretching and contorting inside their skulls witheach hit they absorb, football becomes a gamethat is intolerableto support. We can findother sports to showcasegreat athletic ability...."

Zanier et al. report that single severe TBI induces tau pathology in humans and mice. Studies in mice suggest that the pathology is self-propagating and can be transmitted between animals, causing brain dysfunction like a prion. https://t.co/wrepUYf9i0pic.twitter.com/a0GfSnfUED

​WARNINGNO HELMET CAN PREVENT SERIOUS HEAD OR NECK INJURIESA PLAYER MIGHT RECEIVE WHILE PARTICIPATING IN FOOTBALL.

Do not use this helmet to butt, ram or spear an opposing player. This is in violation of the football rules and such use can result in severe head or neckinjuries, paralysis or death to you and possible injury to your opponent.Contact in football may result in CONCUSSION-BRAIN INJURY which nohelmet can prevent. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness or memory,dizziness, headache, nausea or confusion. If you have symptoms, immediatelystop playing and report them to your coach, trainer and parents.Do not return to a game or practice until all symptoms are gone and you havereceived MEDICAL CLEARANCE. Ignoring this warning may lead to anotherand more serious or fatal brain injury.